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Buying a laptop in New York City?
Can anyone advice any of any US based websites and/or shops in New York with a website where I could purchase a new laptop. Looking at either a Tosh or a Thinkpad, and have friends visiting New York soon to pick it up for me and bring back to the UK . . . .
many thanks
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Have you ever tryed Apple's laptops?
I recommend hugely to visit NY's Apple Store at Manhattan’s SoHo district:
103 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-3126
The shop it's own is a piece of artwork - good sightseeing!
But if you have no time and prefer shoping in internet, it's unbleievably easy thing to do:
http://www.apple.com/store/
Regards, Margus
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If you are a pc fan try dell.com Stores to try are staples, circuit city. They both have web sites as well.
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thanks guys, I'm seriously considering getting a G4 - BUT, have never used a mac before - is it difficult to learn/adjust to new system - plus, I'm not sure Garmn GPS operates on macs??
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I'm a 6 year ex-Windows pc user, specialist and technician. Learning: it's 2X-4X easyer to learn MacOS than Windows. MacOSX is fully intuitive OS. You'll got the whole operation system under control in few hours of testing-trying it - adjusting it is a piece of cake even for newbies my practice shows!
Garmin - sad that i don't have any GPSes thus no experience with them on the comuputers.
But sure check out if there's USB or Firewire cable available for your GPS unit. Software (even some freeware for Garmin GPSes) for MacOSX you'll find:
www.macupdate.com
www.versiontracker.com
Just type "Garmin" or model etc and into searchengine, and you got the results and can download.
Good luck discovering the new world, Margus
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thanks for you help Margus. I'll let you know how I get on!
cheers
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Try http://www.laptopsinc.com
I bought my bike shock proof (well so far anyway) fujitsu 5000d lifebook from them for my travels around the americas, so far its been good, its tiny and does the job nicely.
Cheers,
Brian
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